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Cereal Leaf Beetle

Oulema melanopus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 89, February 66, March 103, April 163, May 234, June 256, July 274, August 235, September 173, October 129, November 70, December 55.
United States2,146
Alaska1,847
Canada183
Ontario134
Pennsylvania46
New York39
Michigan35
France22
Idaho19
Virginia19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusOulema

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